Join Clinton Hill Community Action, a past NJCH Community History program participant and grantee, for a community conversation on Housing Affordability and Displacement in Newark with Professor David Dante Troutt, Distinguished Professor of Law and Derrick Bell Scholar at Rutgers Law School and Director of the Rutgers Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME).
NJCH's Community of Practice for Books & Reading will meet virtually on October 5, 2026, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. For this gathering, we will we will examine the question: "Can We Separate the Story from the Storyteller?"
New Jersey Monuments to Migration and Labor will bring its Flagship mobile monument to the Bayshore Center at Bivalve's Second Friday Celebration October 9-10.
Several of NJCH’s past grantees & partners are participating in the 21st Annual “Journey Through the Past” October 10-11.
Join us for a virtual information session about our Community History Program, in which participants receive instruction on public history practices and community-engagement methods and develop projects in close collaboration with their community members.
New Jersey Monuments to Migration and Labor will host a fall capstone conference October 15-17.
The application deadline is October 29, 2026 for libraries and youth-serving organizations interested in becoming host sites for Prime Time Family Reading in Spring 2027. Find the application link along with full program information, guidelines, and a recording of the September 22 information session at https://njhumanities.org/programs/prime-time-reading/.
Join NJCH and a host of other organizations and individuals from the New Jersey history community on Friday, October 30th at Kean University for an exciting day exploring New Jersey's past and building new connections. Based on the RevolutionNJ interpretive theme “Revolutionary Ideals,” the 2026 New Jersey History Conference theme, “Revolutionary Legacy,” will explore the […]
NJCH's Community of Practice for Oral History and Storytelling will meet virtually on November 2, 2026, from 12:30-1:45 p.m. For this meeting, we are thrilled to welcome Jeongeun Park and Shaun Illingworth of the Rutgers Oral History Archives for a discussion about ethical and legal issues in oral history.
George Packer, award‑winning author and staff writer at The Atlantic, joins The Newark Public Library’s Philip Roth Lecture for an evening exploring the intersections of literature, politics, and free expression.
The NJ Archival Film Festival is a celebration of the stories preserved in the vaults and vital work of New Jersey's cultural institutions.
NJCH's Community of Practice for Community College Humanities Professionals will meet virtually on November 19, 2026, from 4:00-5:15 p.m.
